98 dodge caravan windshield wipers not working?

Question

i have a 98 dodge caravan aand the light or maybe it was the turn signal and wind shield wipers wouldnt work. one time the windshield wipers did work but they wouldnt turn off, and some times the turning signal would make the windshield wipers come on.......we replaced the umm not sure what it is called the switch for the lights & turnsignal, all new fues and everything works but my wipers. any sugesstions?

Answer 1

You need to find out if POWER is getting to the wiper motor.

There should be a WIPER fuse. Make sure it's good. If you can't tell, remove another fuse, like the headlight fuse and put the wiper fuse in it's place. Do the headlights come on? If so, that fuse is good...put it back in the wiper fuse spot.



The auto parts stores sell very inexpensive 12 volt electricity testers. Find the wiring harness and put one end of the tester to ground, then do a touch and go to each of the other wires, while the wiper switch is turned on. The light on the tester will come on when you get the correct wire.

If the wipers still don't work, the chances are that the wiper motor is bad. It could be that while the switch was bad, or shorted, that it burned that motor out.



Figure that for the few dollars that you spent on the tester was a good investment and paid for itself. You may find a garage that does "free

check-out" and they would do the testing for you and tell you what's going on. I'd be expecting that if power gets to the motor and it doesn't work, the motor is bad.

Salvage yards are a good, cheap place to find a replacement if the motor does test bad.

Answer 2

check the switch that you bought for it,you could have bought a bad switch if the wipers was working before you changed the switch out then it has to be a fuse or a switch or relay,if you got access to a test light turn the wipers on and test for voltage at the wiper motor,this will help you in finding out if its the switch or a relay or the motor gone bad on it,good luck with it.

Answer 3

u may need a new wiper motor

Answer 4

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